#499EB6#499EB6

#499EB6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.089 H 219.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#499EB6
RGB	rgb(73, 158, 182)
HSL	hsl(193, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(193, 60%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -18.45, -20.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 27.32, 227.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.64% -0.0689 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(65.64% 0.089 219.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4146, 29.2453, 48.6578)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#499EB6 #B66149

analogous

#49B697 #499EB6 #4968B6

triadic

#499EB6 #B6499E #9EB649

tetradic

#499EB6 #9749B6 #B66149 #68B649

square

#499EB6 #9749B6 #B66149 #68B649

split-complementary

#499EB6 #B64968 #B69749

monochromatic

#26525F #37788A #499EB6 #75B5C8 #A0CDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#499EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#499EB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #499EB6

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##499EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##499EB6	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9AB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8EB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #499eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 158, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.089 219.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bacc',
    500: '#499eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #499eb6;
$custom-light: #86bacc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#499eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.211,
    "s": 42.745,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65642,
    "c": 0.08879,
    "h": 219.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#499EB6

secondary

#C6A095

accent

#7155D3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #499EB6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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